Defining recipients by mac address, Defining recipients by mac address -8 – Alcatel Carrier Internetworking Solutions Omni Switch/Router User Manual

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Creating Multicast VLANs

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Defining Recipients By MAC Address

After you define the multicast address, the following menu displays:

Select rule type:
1. Port Rule
2. MAC Address Rule
3. Multicast Address Rule

Enter rule type (1):

1. Press

2

and

<Return>

.

2. The following prompt displays:

Set Rule Admin Status to ((e)nable/(d)isable):

Indicate whether or not you want to enable this rule. Type

e

to enable or

d

to disable. If

you enable the rule, the multicast

VLAN

will use it to determine membership of devices. If

you disable the rule, then this rule will not be used in assigning devices to this multicast

VLAN

, but the parameters you set up for the multicast

VLAN

will be saved. This Admin

Status is different from the Admin Status for the multicast

VLAN

as it controls only this

specific rule within this specific multicast

VLAN

. You can enable or disable the rule at a

later time using the

modmcvl

command.

3. The following prompt displays:

Enter the list of MAC addresses (Enter save to end):

Enter the

MAC

addresses that you want to receive multicast traffic for this multicast

VLAN

.

Separate addresses by a space. When you have entered the final

MAC

address, leave a

space and type

save

.

4. The following prompt will display:

Configure more rules for this vlan (y/n):

You can set up multiple rules for the same multicast

VLAN

. Enter a

Y

here if you want to

set up more rules in addition to the port rule specified here. If you enter

Y

, you will be

prompted for the next rule that you want to set up on this multicast

VLAN

. If you enter

N

,

you will receive a message, similar to the one below, indicating that the multicast

VLAN

was set up.

VLAN 3:24 created successfully

5. If you are done setting up rules for this multicast

VLAN

, then your multicast

VLAN

is set

up. You can monitor activity on these multicast

VLAN

s through other AutoTracker

commands. See later sections in this chapter for information on these commands.

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